--- title: Suburb and locality boundaries, South Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/ publisher: Department for Housing and Urban Development licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-06-28 rows: 1895 fields: 4 source: https://www.dptiapps.com.au/dataportal/Suburbs_shp.zip source_sha256: 0f19a7dae22e3959e2eedc9790988b1eb5fa2fe541a3fba6a0cc92a8eea1327b language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Suburb and locality boundaries, South Australia The boundaries of every gazetted suburb and locality in South Australia, one shape each with its name, postcode and suburb number, from the state's own layer. Published by Department for Housing and Urban Development under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department for Housing and Urban Development has not endorsed this site. Also called: SA Suburbs shapefile, South Australian suburb and locality boundaries, Adelaide suburb boundaries GeoJSON. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/v/2026-06-28/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.csv (72 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.xlsx (59 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.json (178 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.geojson (44 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.parquet (15 MB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.sqlite (127 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.gpkg (19 MB) - pmtiles: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.pmtiles (2.1 MB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.ndjson (176 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.arrow (28 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.csv.gz (20 KB) Pinned version 2026-06-28: `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/v/2026-06-28/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-suburb-boundaries/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-suburb-boundaries/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-suburb-boundaries/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-suburb-boundaries/aggregate?group=postcode&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `suburb` | string | suburb | | | `postcode` | string | postcode | Kept as text to preserve leading zeros. | | `suburb_number` | integer | suburb_num | | | `legal_start` | date | legalstart | | Key: `suburb_number`. ## Versions - 2026-06-28: 1895 rows, 4 fields, sha256 0f19a7dae22e. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/v/2026-06-28/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Suburb and locality boundaries, South Australia (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-sa/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, 2021, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-suburbs-localities-2021/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, New South Wales (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-nsw/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Victoria (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-vic/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Western Australia (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-wa/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Tasmania (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-tas/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Northern Territory (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-nt/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Australian Capital Territory (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-act/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Other Territories (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-ot/) (Cth) - [Locality boundaries, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-locality-boundaries/) (Qld) - [Postcode (postal area) boundaries, 2021, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-postal-areas-2021/) (Cth) - [State electorate boundaries, 2025, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025/) (Cth) ## Attribution and citation Department for Housing and Urban Development, Government of South Australia, Suburbs, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/suburb-boundaries, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department for Housing and Urban Development, Government of South Australia, Suburbs, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/suburb-boundaries, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/v/2026-06-28/ Harvard: Department for Housing and Urban Development (2026) Suburb and locality boundaries, South Australia, version 2026-06-28 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/v/2026-06-28/ Markdown: Data: [Suburb and locality boundaries, South Australia](https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/suburb-boundaries), Department for Housing and Urban Development, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/v/2026-06-28/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Suburb and locality boundaries as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/v/2026-06-28/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, PMTiles, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Suburb and locality boundaries in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/v/2026-06-28/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 1,895 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/v/2026-06-28/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Suburb and locality boundaries cover? The current version covers 1973 to 2025. Each release from Housing and Urban Development becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Suburb and locality boundaries updated? Housing and Urban Development releases it when the publisher updates the layer. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Suburb and locality boundaries commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Suburb and locality boundaries? No. The publisher is Department for Housing and Urban Development, and its page is https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/suburb-boundaries. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.zip with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Suburb and locality boundaries use? Shapes in GDA2020 (EPSG:7844), from the GDA2020 layer the publisher ships beside a GDA94 copy. The GeoJSON file uses GDA2020 as well, which differs from the WGS84 GeoJSON expects by well under a metre. ### What is in each row? One gazetted suburb or locality of South Australia with its name, the postcode the publisher gives it, its suburb number and the date its boundary took legal effect where the publisher records one. The shape is in the GeoParquet, GeoJSON, GeoPackage and PMTiles files. ### How does this differ from the national localities layer? This is the South Australian Government's own suburb layer, kept by the Department for Housing and Urban Development. The national localities on this site come from Geoscape's Administrative Boundaries, and the two may differ at the edges and in naming. ### Why is the legal start date blank for some suburbs? The publisher leaves it blank where it records no date. The blank is kept as a null. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.zip`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/sa-suburb-boundaries.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/sa-suburb-boundaries.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.